Born on the Fourth of July

Ron Kovic. First edition. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclippped jacket with original price $7.95 on inside flap. In mylar protective wrapper. Small chip on top of spine. Dust jacket design by the great Paul Bacon. Author photo on rear jacket by Bob Adelman. Book design by Lynn Braswell. Hardcover: Fine. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. Full ISBN # on rear jacket. Black cloth with white lettering on spine. No markings or writing in this beautiful book, 208 pp. 

An autobiography and first book from Kovic. Considered a key title in the literature of the Vietnam War. The basis for the Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone directed film starring Tom Cruise and Willem Defoe. "A devastatingly powerful memoir." The New York Times.